Girlfriend charged in Worcester stabbing death

A woman is accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death in their Angelo Street duplex last night, according to police.

Authorities were called to 25 Angelo St. about 11 p.m. for a reported domestic dispute. Officers found Andrew T. Wagner, 31, had been stabbed. A neighbor was giving him medical treatment when ambulance crews arrived.

Also at the scene was the victim's girlfriend, Stephanie A. Fernandes, 31. She is charged with manslaughter and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (knife).

A neighbor, Mark Stevens, a former emergency medical technician who lives in the other half of the duplex, said he heard Ms. Fernandes screaming for help and soon went to the apartment next door. Mr. Stevens and his girlfriend,Terry Deroy, a nurse, began performing CPR on the boyfriend, who had a wound in his neck. The injured man was rushed to UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus, where he was pronounced dead.

Mr. Stevens said he had not heard any yelling before the incident. He said Ms. Fernandes' 11-year-old daughter from a previous relationship was home. He said the couple was planning a wedding in August.

William Giangrande lives across the street from the duplex where the stabbing took place. His son and daughter-in-law were home and saw Ms. Fernandes outside covered in blood.

"She had a little daughter who played with my granddaughter," Mr. Giangrande said. He said the couple had recently moved in. "He was a nice boy. He wore a uniform all the time, I think he was a guard."

Mr. Wagner had been a Connecticut corrections officer since October.

Anna Donaghy has lived in the neighborhood for 50 years, and said she was unsettled this morning thinking about it.